Man injured by his own vehicle

ROWSBURG -- A Wooster man was seriously injured last week when he was run over by his own vehicle on U.S. 250 East.

According to a report from the Sheriff's Office, James W. Klingel, 30, was driving a 1997 Jeep Cherokee west on the 200 block of U.S. 250 at about 11:50 p.m. May 21 when he struck a small animal.

Klingel pulled to the berm, exited the vehicle, walked behind it and looked underneath to see what he had hit. The vehicle, which had been left in reverse, backed over his chest and abdomen. Klingel was able to get out from under the vehicle and put it in park.